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The project included a large-scale, detached garage and workshop that was built from the ground-up.

Phoenix, AZ (PRWEB) February 14, 2012

Phoenix home remodeling company, Republic West Remodeling, announced it has successfully completed a North Scottsdale garage and workshop project within the established 10-week schedule and budget. The project included a large-scale, detached garage and workshop that was built from the ground-up.

In addition to a tight schedule, complex planning and zoning requirements also added to the project?s challenges. Significant effort was involved in completing the process through the necessary regulatory agencies. The project was effectively permitted and inspected through the city of Scottsdale and Scottsdale Fire Department.

The project location also presented some unique issues. Local wildlife, including Javelina, frequent the area and can be destructive to surrounding vegetation. Special precautions had to be taken during construction to prevent wild animals from entering the backyard.

?This new garage and workshop provides more storage, function and square footage that will undoubtedly add value to the customer?s property,? said Jim Weisman, owner of Republic West Remodeling, a leading Phoenix home remodeling company. ?By delivering completed projects as promised, our customers have come to appreciate the work we do and readily refer our company to other homeowners.?

About Republic West Remodeling

Republic West Remodeling is a leading specialist of home improvement in Phoenix, offers the highest quality home remodeling services including kitchens, bathrooms, room additions and outdoor living spaces. Jim Weisman founded the company in 2011 after co-founding Republic West in 1995. The belief from the beginning was that ethical standards, honest communication, quality work performed by company employees and a low key education and design driven sales approach was what the customer yearned for.

Republic West Remodeling is an operationally driven company that utilizes various disciplines, processes and procedures to help insure that it can deliver what is promised and is careful to only promise what it can control.

Learn more about Republic West Remodeling?s home remodeling services in Arizona and the Phoenix Metro area by visiting the company?s website.

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AP Interview: US bishops fight birth control deal (AP)

ROME ? The top Catholic bishop in the U.S. has vowed legislative and court challenges to President Barack Obama's compromise on exempting religiously affiliated employers from paying directly for birth control for their workers.

Cardinal-designate Timothy Dolan, who heads the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said in an interview Tuesday that while Obama's about-face Friday initially sparked glimmers of hope in the church, it ended up being a "hill of beans."

Dolan, who is in Rome to be made a cardinal Saturday, said he trusted Obama wasn't declaring war on religion and intended to make good on his pledge to work with religious groups to fine-tune the provisions of the insurance mandate.

But Dolan said "it's getting harder and harder" to believe Obama's claim to prioritize religious freedom issues.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/obama/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_eu/eu_vatican_us_contraception

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MN-08: Powerhouse Teamsters Union Endorses Rick Nolan

Wed Feb 15, 2012 at 07:30:00 AM CST

Former Congressman Rick Nolan emerged as the big winner in the 8th Congressional District DFL straw poll last Tuesday and continued his momentum this week, today winning the endorsement of Teamsters Joint Council 32 Drive. Joint Council 32, which represents over 62,000 current and retired Teamsters in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Iowa, will make a formal announcement endorsing Nolan at noon on Thursday in the Teamsters Hall in Duluth. The importance of the DRIVE endorsement cannot be overstated. Fiercely independent in their endorsements, the Teamsters do not automatically endorse DFLers. Indeed, it is a tough bi-partisan endorsement for candidates to win because they must first convince leadership that they will best represent the diverse members of the union. Additionally, it is an endorsement with a lot of punch behind it in the form of money, volunteers and a highly effective member communications program. ?The Teamsters, who were the first to endorse both Barack Obama and Mark Dayton, ?have a record of endorsing candidates early and working hard to help those candidates go on to win general elections. Rick Nolan can now expect that same strong support in his campaign to liberate the Fighting 8th from the clutches of Chip Cravaack and his union busting right wing extremist allies.

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Nolan issued the following statement after receiving news of this game-changing endorsement from one of the largest and strongest trade unions in the country: The Teamsters Joint Council 32 DRIVE endorsement is one of the most powerful, prestigious and effective expressions of support by Labor anywhere Minnesota and the Upper Midwest. ?The Teamsters are known for their political independence, for their tough screenings, and for repeatedly picking and supporting winning candidates with extraordinary grassroots efforts. So I could not be more honored to receive the JC 32 DRIVE endorsement for Congress here in the 8th District - where Teamster public employees, Teamster construction workers, Teamster drivers and Teamster workers of all stripes have been fighting for fair wages and benefits, and for economic justice for working families, for more than a century. ? I worked my way through college as a Teamster at UPS. ?This is my union. ?And my commitment to them, and to all working families, is to return to Washington and lead the fight for the Employee Free Choice Act, for pension protection, for single payer universal health care, and for an end to the right wing war on workers that includes 'right to work for less.' Our momentum continues, and I look forward to campaigning shoulder to shoulder with my Teamster Brothers and Sisters in the weeks and months ahead. ?Together, we will defeat Chip Cravaack and the Tea Party and return the Fighting 8th District to the working families who need to matter again in Washington. Rick Nolan's decisive victory in last week's 8th District DFL straw poll placed the former congressman firmly in the lead for the party's endorsement and the Teamsters obviously agree with 8th district party activists that Cuyuna Range native Nolan is indeed the one DFLer who can defeat Tea Party Chip Cravaack in November. Teamsters pride themselves on being the union that supports those who support them. An early and strong endorsement for one of their own, a reliable champion of organized labor with a proven record of winning congressional elections, is certain to make a significant impact in the race and propel an already surging Nolan campaign closer to the finish line. Nolan previously won the endorsement of United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Local 1189 and the personal endorsements of several northern Minnesota labor leaders including Iron Range Labor Assembly President Tom Cvar, Duluth Central Labor Body President Dan O'Neill, Carlton County Labor Body President Mike Kuiti and Northeast Area Labor Council President Al Netland.

Source: http://www.mnprogressiveproject.com/diary/10964/mn08-powerhouse-teamsters-union-endorses-rick-nolan

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Obama proposes defense cut after decade of growth (Reuters)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) ? The 2013 U.S. defense budget that President Barack Obama sent to Congress on Monday includes funding for a shift in strategic focus to the Asia-Pacific even as it slashes spending on weapons and personnel to reduce costs by $487 billion over the next decade.

The president's spending plan calls for a Pentagon base budget of $525.4 billion, about $5.1 billion, or 1 percent, less than approved in 2012. The cost of U.S. wars abroad would fall 23 percent, to $88.5 billion from $115 billion, primarily due to the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq and a drawdown in Afghanistan.

The lower war costs assume U.S. force levels in Afghanistan in 2013 will remain at 67,500, the number they are expected to reach this fall once the Pentagon withdraws the troops it sent to the war zone in 2010 to counter Taliban advances.

Obama's budget request for intelligence activities, both civilian and military, was $71.8 billion. Of that amount, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, who oversees the CIA, National Counterterrorism Center and other agencies, requested $52.6 billion.

The Pentagon's budget begins to add flesh to the bones of its new defense strategy, which puts greater focus on the Asia-Pacific as the United States tries to hedge against China's growing influence in the region.

The Pentagon plans to spend at least $2.8 billion on new weapons needed as part of that shift, including $300 million toward a new long-range bomber. The Pentagon plans to spend $6.3 billion to develop the nuclear-capable aircraft over the next five years and eventually will purchase 80 to 100 of the planes.

The budget invests in several other high-priority initiatives, including $10.4 billion on special operations forces, $3.4 billion on cyber capabilities, $9.7 billion on missile defense and $11.9 billion on science and technology.

"This budget plan represents a historic shift to the future, recognizing that we are at a strategic point after a decade of war," Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said. "The plan is aligned to strategic priorities we have identified to keep America safe and maintain the strongest military in the world."

'DIRECT HIT' ON AEROSPACE INDUSTRY

The spending plan drew mixed reactions from business, lawmakers and analysts. Marion Blakey, president of the Aerospace Industries Association, called it "a direct hit" on the industry. She said 350,000 civilian jobs could be lost unless Congress blocks new defense cuts due to take effect next year.

Republican lawmakers said Obama's budget failed to do anything to prevent the additional $600 billion in defense cuts. Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham, of the Senate Armed Services Committee, urged Obama to "stop leading from behind" and work to stop the cuts.

But Adam Smith, the top Democrat on the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee, praised the process of building the budget around a strategy, saying it "enhances national security by spending taxpayer dollars more wisely."

Andrew Krepinevich, head of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments think tank, said the investments being made due to the U.S. strategic shift would be "highly prized" given threat trends in the Western Pacific and Middle East.

The requested cut in defense spending follows a decade of growing Pentagon budgets, driven by U.S. wars abroad and rising personnel costs.

With the country facing continuous budget deficits and a ballooning $15 trillion national debt, Congress and the president agreed in August to cut projected defense spending by $487 billion over the next decade.

The defense budget slashes personnel costs by $6.7 billion as the military begins to cut its overall force size by about 100,000 troops over five years. The Army is to take the bulk of the reductions - about 72,000 soldiers.

CUTTING FORCES, AND BUREAUCRACY

The budget assumes an overall active duty force of 1.4 million troops, down about 21,000 from the current fiscal year. Military reserve force strength would be 387,000, down about 10,000.

The Army is expected to shrink by eight combat brigade teams; the Marines are to eliminate six battalions and four tactical air squadrons; the Air Force is to cut six tactical air squadrons and the Navy to retire seven of its older cruisers.

The Pentagon said force structure cuts would save about $50 billion over five years. Cutting the Pentagon bureaucracy would save about $60 billion over the same period.

The budget for the 2013 fiscal year, which begins on October 1, slashes spending to develop and buy new weapons systems to $178.8 billion, a drop of 7.5 percent.

It requests $9.17 billion for the Pentagon's biggest weapons program, Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, down slightly from $9.25 billion requested in fiscal 2012. But it restructures the program to slow procurement, reducing spending by $15.1 billion over five years.

The budget also would delay development of the Army's ground combat vehicle, saving $1.3 billion over five years, and reduce the Navy's shipbuilding program, for savings of $13.1 billion.

The spending plan terminates one version of the Global Hawk unmanned surveillance drone, a defense weather satellite system and the C-27A transport plane for total savings of $9.6 billion over five years.

The budget would maintain basic pay raises for military personnel through 2014 but begin to slow them thereafter. It also proposes new or increased fees on healthcare for military retirees. Proposed spending on military pay and benefits would drop by $29 billion over five years, Pentagon documents show.

The budget also asks Congress to begin two new rounds of base closures, one in 2013 and one in 2015, a proposal that has already drawn sharp criticism from lawmakers whose districts would be hurt.

(Additional reporting by Andrea Shalal-Esa; editing by Mohammad Zargham)

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/usmilitary/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120214/ts_nm/us_usa_budget_pentagon

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Protests erupt across Europe against web piracy treaty (Reuters)

BERLIN/SOFIA (Reuters) ? Tens of thousands of protesters took part in rallies across Europe on Saturday against an international anti-piracy agreement they fear will curb their freedom to download movies and music for free and encourage Internet surveillance.

More than 25,000 demonstrators braved freezing temperatures in German cities to march against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) while 4,000 Bulgarians in Sofia rallied against the agreement designed to strengthen the legal framework for intellectual property rights.

There were thousands more - mostly young - demonstrators at other high-spirited rallies despite snow and freezing temperatures in cities including Warsaw, Prague, Bratislava, Bucharest, Vilnius, Paris, Brussels and Dublin.

"We don't feel safe anymore. The Internet was one of the few places where we could act freely," said Monica Tepelus, a 26-year-old programmer protesting with about 300 people in Bucharest.

Opposition to ACTA in Eastern Europe is especially strong and spreading rapidly. Protesters have compared it to the Big Brother-style surveillance used by former Communist regimes. Downloading films and music is also a popular way for many young Eastern Europeans to obtain free entertainment.

"Stop ACTA!" read a banner carried by one of the 2,000 marchers in central Berlin, where temperatures were -10 Celsius.

"It's not acceptable to sacrifice the rights of freedom for copyrights," Thomas Pfeiffer, a leader of the Greens party in Munich where 16,000 people protested against ACTA, was quoted telling Focus magazine's online edition on Saturday.

Governments of eight nations including Japan and the United Stated signed an agreement in October aiming to cut copyright and trademark theft. The signing was hailed as a step toward bringing ACTA into effect.

Negotiations over ACTA have been taking place for several years. Some European countries have signed ACTA but it has not yet been signed or ratified in many countries. Germany's Foreign Ministry said on Friday it would hold off on signing.

In Sofia, most of 4,000 demonstrators on Saturday were youths. Some wore the grinning, moustachioed Guy Fawkes masks that have become a symbol of the hacker group Anonymous and other global protest movements.

ACTA aims to cut trademark theft and tackle other online piracy. But the accord has sparked concerns, especially in Eastern European countries as well as in Germany which is sensitive about its history with the Gestapo and Stasi secret police, over online censorship and increased surveillance.

"We want ACTA stopped," Yanko Petrov, who attended the rally in Sofia, told state broadcaster BNT. "We have our own laws, we don't need international acts."

SURVEILLANCE

The protesters are concerned that free downloading of movies and music might lead to prison sentences if the ACTA was ratified by parliaments. They also fear that exchanging material on the Internet may become a crime and say the accord will allow for massive online surveillance.

In Warsaw, some 500 protesters demonstrated, brandishing placards saying "No to ACTA", "Down with censorship" and "Free Internet". Several hundred turned out in the southwestern city of Wroclaw, the Baltic port of Szczecin and Poznan.

In Paris, about 1,000 people marched ACTA. "It's a demonstration without precedent because it's taking place in all of Europe at the same time," said Jeremie Zimmermann, spokesman for Internet freedom group Quadrature du Net.

In Prague, about 1,500 people marched against ACTA. Some waved black pirate flags with white skull and crossed bones, and others wore white masks of the Guy Fawkes character.

Some carried banners against the ACTA treaty such as "Freedom to the Internet" and "ACTA attacks Freedom", and chanted "Freedom, Freedom". Smaller gatherings took place in other Czech cities.

The Czech government has held off on ratification of the ACTA treaty, saying it needs to be analyzed.

Romanian state-news agency Agerpres said 2,000 people protested in the Transylvanian city of Cluj against ACTA, carrying banners that said: "Paws off the Internet."

In Croatia, protests were held in Zagreb, Split and Rijeka, with demonstrators, some masked, carrying banners reading "Stop internet censorship".

A group identifying itself as Anonymous hacked into the webpage of Croatian president Ivo Josipovic, who has defended copyright measures. It remained unavailable for several hours.

It also crashed the pages of ZAMP, a Croatian professional service that looks after the protection of composers' rights and copyright, and the Institute of Croatian Music.

In Bratislava, hundreds of young Slovaks rallied, many also wearing Guy Fawkes masks. About 1,000 people demonstrated in Budapest.

Local media reported about 600 people protested at the government building in Vilnius. Lithuania Justice Minister Remigijus Simasius said in his blog some of ACTA's provisions could pose a threat to Internet freedom.

"I don't know where it (ACTA) comes from and how it originated, but I don't like that this treaty was signed skillfully avoiding discussions in the European Union and Lithuania," Simasius wrote.

(Additional reporting by Gerard Bon in Paris, Jan Lopatka in Prague, Rob Strybel in Warsaw, Padraic Halpin in Dublin, Martin Santa in Bratislava and Ioana Patran in Bucharest, Nerijus Adomaitis in Vilnius, Zoran Radosavljevic in Zagreb, Krisztina Than in Budapest; Editing by Alison Williams)

(This story corrects to clarify that Slovakia is a country not a city.)

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/europe/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120213/wr_nm/us_europe_protest_acta

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